Accounting and Auditing

Lake County's various departments Thursday presented their 2017 budget wish lists to the county council that included raises for almost all elected officials.

Thursday marked the first day of the 2017 budget process and included a full day of presentations from each department on what would be needed to keep the offices up and running.

Pay increases were key among initial requests by most officials. The county's township assessors made the largest increase request asking to have their salaries upped from the current rate of $50,751 annually to $62,500 a year for an $11,749 hike.

Lake County Assessor Jerome Prince was the lone official to seek a salary decrease from his...

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